bogle

Example Sentences

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“Castle Craig,” this bogle of a railway employee repeated laconically.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

“Well,” cried the bogle, extending his ghostly arms over his head, “do go and see a doctor first.”

From Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity by Stables, Gordon

Maybe," answered the doctor, "but it's a loup they often bogle at.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Boggle, bog′l, v.i. to stop or hesitate as if at a bogle: to start with fright: to make difficulties about a thing: to equivocate.—n. a scruple, objection: a bungle.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Ghaist nor bogle shall thou fear; Ghost, goblin Thou'rt to Love and Heaven sae dear, Nocht of ill may come thee near, Nought My bonnie dearie.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan